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Campbellsville University archery program starts fall 2015

BACK to SCHOOL, Fall 2015
Larry Creason is Campbellsville University's new coed archery coach
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By Richard RoBards, Campbellsville University

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY -- A life-long love of bow hunting has led Larry Creason down a new career path as Campbellsville University's first archery coach.

Creason, who is also an assistant professor of criminal justice at Campbellsville University, takes over a program that was introduced recently by Rusty Hollingsworth, director of athletics.



Creason said he has been interested in bow shooting since childhood and became an active bow hunter in 1986. He hopes to start with a 10-member team in the fall and is in the process of finding students who might have an interest. Anyone interested should contact Creason at 270-403-2772 or at ldcreason@campbellsville.edu.

Archery will become Campbellsville University's 27th varsity sports program this fall. It is the eighth athletic program started or reinstated in the past five seasons at CU and the 12th in Hollingsworth's 14 years as athletics director. The most recent programs added were bass fishing in 2014-15 and women's wrestling in 2013-14.

Campbellsville will join Union College, Midway College, Kentucky Christian University and the University of the Cumberlands as the only archery teams in Kentucky. Bethel (TN) University is the only other NAIA program to offer coed archery.

Competitively, the Tigers are looking to join the United States Collegiate Archery Association and compete in tournaments that are open to the schools mentioned above and club teams.

There are three different types of bows that can be used for collegiate archery - compound bow, recurve and the bow hunter style. In addition, there are also three different divisions - 3D, indoor and o.


This story was posted on 2015-07-27 05:58:50
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